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This week, the international gold price continued to rise to a new record, once exceeding $2,800 / ounce. Since the beginning of the year, gold has gained more than 32% and hit record highs more than 30 times.

In the most recent quarter, ExxonMobil's oil and gas production achieved significant year-over-year growth of 24%. At the same time, Chevron also posted a 7 percent increase in production.

Japan's famous Chemical industry giant, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation, recently announced its financial results for the second quarter. This detailed financial report shows the majority of investors the company's operating conditions and financ

Last week, float glass prices in the central China market rose significantly due to reduced supply and market sentiment, reaching the highest increase of the year.

WR Grace & Co. announces that Nayara Energy Limited has successfully started up its new 450 kilotonnes/year (KTA) UNIPOL PP process technology plant in Vadinar, Gujarat, India.

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RPM International Inc. announced the acquisition of TMP Convert SAS (TMPC) as part of its Fibergrate Structures (Fibergrate) business, which is part of RPM’s Performance Coatings Group.

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DuPont and Zhen Ding Technology Group announced that the two parties have reached a strategic cooperation agreement in the field of advanced printed circuit board (PCB) technology.

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Asahi Kasei Corporation and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. have signed a shareholder agreement to transform Asahi Kasei's existing Canadian subsidiary into a joint venture.

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In the third quarter of 2024, the BASF Group achieved sales of 15.7 billion euros, flat compared to the same period last year. Excluding special items, EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) reached 1.6 billion euros, an

The Association of International Chemical Manufacturers (AICM) recently released its 2024 annual sustainability report in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, aiming to advocate for the concept of green growth.

With the contradiction between the supply growth rate being too fast and the insufficient follow-up of downstream demand becoming increasingly prominent, the profit margins of benzene and its downstream industrial chain continue to be squeezed, leading to

This sharp price increase can be attributed to supply shortages and the rising costs of basic raw materials, particularly ammonia and natural gas. As the prices of these major raw materials increased, supply constraints further intensified, leading to an

OCSiAl has opened its first European production plant in Serbia, the new facility is dedicated to the production of TUBALL™ nanotubes and nanotube-based products.

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Lotte Chemical announced on October 25 that it will liquidate LUSR, a synthetic rubber production company based in Malaysia.

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Finnish chemicals company Kemira has announced plans to consolidate some of its pulp and paper chemicals production in North America, thereby closing a manufacturing plant in Vancouver, Canada.

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Following extensive testing and evaluation, Lamb Weston launched the first frozen potato products in the UK and the Netherlands in September in packaging made from Oerlemans multi-layer film, produced from SABIC certified renewable PE polymers.

South Korean resin manufacturer SK Chemicals (SKC, Seoul) has announced the launch of a new copolyester product called Ecotria Claro 300. This product is transparent, resistant to chemical corrosion, and is ideal for extrusion blow molding (EBM) processes

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund plans to reduce its overseas investments by about a third, the fund's president said on Tuesday at a conference in Riyadh. The move is an effort to support the Saudi economy to finance its transition away from oil depe

According to CCTV News, the European Commission announced on October 29 local time that it has concluded the anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles (BEV) imported from China and decided to impose final anti-subsidy duties for a period of five y

A chemical plant west of New Orleans has agreed to pay up to $480,000 in federal fines and will install new equipment to prevent a harmful cancer-causing chemical from escaping from storage tanks and pipes.